Rating Group: Latin America Working Group
2006 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 67% |
| Harry Reid | 67% | |||
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones | 67% | |||
| OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 67% |
| OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 63% |
| Sherrod Brown | 60% | |||
| Mike Capuano | 60% | |||
| Julia Carson | 60% | |||
| Susan Davis | 60% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 60% |
| Jane Harman | 60% | |||
| Jay Inslee | 60% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 60% |
| Dan Lipinski | 60% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 60% |
| George Miller | 60% | |||
| Dennis Moore | 60% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 60% |
| David Price | 60% | |||
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | 60% | |||
| Louise Slaughter | 60% | |||
| WA | U.S. House - 9 | Adam Smith | Democratic | 60% |
| Ellen Tauscher | 60% | |||
| Tom Udall | 60% | |||
| Mel Watt | 60% | |||
| Xavier Becerra | 56% | |||
| Eliot Engel | 56% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 56% |
| Tim Bishop | 50% | |||
| Ben Cardin | 50% | |||
| SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 50% |
| CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 50% |
| Anna Eshoo | 50% | |||
| Bob Etheridge | 50% | |||
| Bob Filner | 50% | |||
| Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 50% | |||
| Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 50% | |||
| Dale Kildee | 50% | |||
| Dave Obey | 50% | |||
| Ed Pastor | 50% | |||
| Earl Pomeroy | 50% | |||
| Nick Rahall II | 50% | |||
| Ken Salazar | 50% | |||
| VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 50% |
| Christopher Shays | 50% | |||
| MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 50% |
| NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 50% |
| Anthony Weiner | 50% | |||
| Albert Wynn | 50% | |||
| MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 44% |